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My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education.

In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history.

Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time. Sometimes comedy is not a bundle of laughs to actually do.

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.

We accelerated our capital spending in the fourth quarter, particularly in international and next-generation network deployment, which should not only sustain future revenue growth but also drive significant cost reductions across all communications services.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life.

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

I watched my mother waste her life on housework and swore I'd never do that. Dave does the cooking.

You have this enormous network and no one knows what's out there.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.

Writing is hard work; it's also the best job I've ever had.

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician.

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.